Barcelona v Real Betis Prediction & Betting Tips, 25th August 2019

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Some early troubles for Barcelona who were beaten 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao on the opening weekend of the new season. They didn’t have Lionel Messi available because of injury and they looked disjointed. Will they be able to come up with a response against Betis, who also lost their opener? Read our Barcelona v Real Betis betting tips for more.

Barcelona v Real Betis Betting Odds*

Barcelona News and Form

Barcelona hit a bump in their opening game of the new La Liga season. They suffered a 1 -0 away defeat at Athletic Bilbao. After their big summer of spending, that was a shocker. They didn’t play with any fluency at any point in that opener and they were without main man Lionel Messi. Both Frenkie de Jong and Antoine Greizmann made their La Liga debuts with the Catalans.

Last season Barcelona produced a W15 D3 L1 record at the Camp Nou in the top flight. They won their final seven home games of the last campaign and will be hoping that they can pick up immediately on that kind of form. Barcelona scored in all of their home games last season averaging 2.7 goals per fixture. In total they took a clean sheet in 47% of home games in Liga. They conceded just one goal in their final five home games.

Barcelona v Real Betis Head to Head

The two traded away wins last season
Each of the last three meetings have produced at least four goals
Barcelona have won three of the last four meetings
Betis have conceded 11 goals in their last three visits to the Nou Camp

Real Betis News and Form

Betis were also losers on the opening weekend of the new season at home against Valladolid 2-1. Real Betis finished last season’s campaign in 10th place in the table but only won six of their nineteen away games (D3 L10). However, it is worth noting that they did actually win away at both Barcelona and Real Madrid during the last campaign, two of three road wins that they took on their travels last season at top-ten clubs. They struggled for goals on their travels, averaging just one goal exactly per fixture. Seven of the ten away losses than they suffered in total were by a margin of just one goal.

Barcelona v Real Betis Tips & Odds

Who will win – Barcelona v Real Betis Predictions

Last weekend Barcelona looked like they had never played together. It was a really poor effort from them, but they should be better on home soil, after some big changes in the summer it just needs a bit of time to come together. Barcelona to win to nil.